List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla), blotched nerite
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Arca avellana (species of ark shell)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Burchard's cockle (Vasticardium burchardi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Lunella coreensis (species of turban shell)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Paphia euglypta (species of Venus clam)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- moon snail (Naticidae spp.), moon shell
- Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii), Akoya pearl oyster
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ezo neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea polycostata)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)